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Seattle Sounders FC returned to a hero’s welcome Sunday, thanks to its loyal and diehard supporters who greeted the team at the Airport. Following a disappointing result in the MLS Cup the night before in Toronto, the club flew back and touched down shortly before 4 p.m. in Seattle. Waiting to greet the club were…

King County International Airport/Boeing Field often serves as the nerve center that connects the local aviation community to different corners of the state. For our users who travel to and from the Kitsap Peninsula, here’s a heads up that Bremerton National Airport will temporarily close its runway Sept. 18-29. The airport – located at 8850…

It’s not every day we welcome an airplane-full of four-legged friends. But when those dogs and cats touch down to eventually find new homes in the Northwest, it makes us feel especially warm and fuzzy. On June 8, nearly 100 at-risk dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters in the Dallas area arrived at King County International Airport/Boeing…

Notice more corporate jets than usual last month on the airside of King County International Airport/Boeing Field? Your eyes weren’t deceiving you. The Airport played a big role in delivering many of the world’s top business leaders who converged on the Northwest for the annual Microsoft CEO Summit. We welcomed nearly 100 business and executive…

If a traffic collision on Interstate 5 caused extensive damage and shut down both directions of the freeway for days, how would the Puget Sound region keep people moving? On Tuesday, May 16, at King County International Airport/Boeing Field, representatives from local, state and federal stakeholder agencies participated in an exercise intended to address that…

So what’s going on with the Master Plan Update for King County International Airport/Boeing Field? Here are a few updates: What we’ve been up to The airport planning team collected feedback on a set of land use options from the Airport Working Group (AWG) in January. This feedback, in addition to comments received from community…

The Boeing Company is scheduled to conduct a flight test of its new KC-46 Pegasus refueling aircraft Friday night at King County International Airport/Boeing Field. The KC-46, accompanied by a Navy F-18 jet, is scheduled to depart at 6 p.m. Both aircraft are scheduled to return at approximately 11 p.m. This flight test is weather-dependent and…

For decades, Luther Dean Bonner’s act of bravery had been largely forgotten. But the fallen Seattle Firefighter is now the namesake of the new rescue and fire station at King County International Airport/Boeing Field, and his story will be memorialized for decades to come. During a ceremony this week at the Airport, King County dedicated…

We at the Airport recently got to share how we play a vital role in connecting the region to the rest of the world at the Northwest’s premiere aviation conference. King County International Airport/Boeing Field shared the spotlight at the Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show, Feb. 25-26 at the Washington State Fair and Events…

If you’ve ever been stuck on a plane longer than you wanted, there’s some R&D that could bring relief on the horizon: a new technology being developed by NASA (THE NASA) that could help reduce airline delays. And it was just tested at King County International/Boeing Field. No, it doesn’t involve launching passengers into orbit,…